Improvement in lanterns



'.Lfl,` MARGY.

Lanterns.`

Patented june 30,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIGE JOHN J. MARCY, OF BRIDGEPORT,

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BEIDGEPORT BRASS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 52,663, dated June30, 1874; applicaton [ile-r1 June 17, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. Manor, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lan- `terns, of whichthe following is a specitication:

This is an improvement on the invention for which Letters Patent No.150,540 were issued to the Bridgeport Brass Company, as my assignee, May5, 1874,.

I retain the same general combination of elements described and claimedin said Letters Patent, but I have materially improved the structure otthe spring, and its arrangement with relation to the holding pin andloop or strap. I now employ a spring-strip, which is located below thebow or top of the loop, and extends across between the sides or uprightportions oi said loop, being notched at its ends so as to straddle saidupright portions. Through the center, or thereabout of this strip, andof the bow of the loop above, loosely passes the holding-pin, which isconiined in place by nieans ot' two shoulders with which it is providedone above the bow ot' the loop and the other below the spring-strip; andthus, while the spring causes the pin to press downward with yieldingpressure, the pin, in turn, serves to hold in place the spring, whichwhen thus arranged may be maintained in position, without having anypositive connection with the loop, by soldering, or otherwise.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved lantern. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the upper part ofthe same.Fig. 3 is a view of spring detached.

A is the lantern-base; B, the glass chimney 5 C, the lantern-cap 5 D,the loop or strap, pivoted at (o to the base, or otherwise suitablysecured to the body of the lantern; E, the hail or handle. These partsare of ordinary or suitable construction. F is the spring strip or barhereinbefore referred to, arranged under the bow and between the sidesof the loop,

and having notched ends l), which straddle the sides of the loop. Thisspring is perforated at c for the passage ot' t-he holding-pin G, andthe bow ot' the loop is perforated similarl y for .a like purpose. Thepin passes through these pertorations and is provided with twoshoulders-the one, d, above the bow of the lo op, an d the other, e,below the sprin the distance between these shoulders being such that thespring' Gr will be drawn up to bear at its ends with requisite pressureagainst the shoulders formed by the `junction of the bow with the sidesof the loop. Under this arrangement the pin serves to hold in place thespring, and the latter bears down with requisite Ayielding pressure uponthe pin. The upper shoulder d of the pin may be formed, as shown, by aknob, j', which, after the pin has been inserted up through the springand loop,

'is screwed down on the upper screw-threaded end of the pin, and servesto tighten up and bind together the several parts. The lower end ot' thepin takes a bearing, as usual, in a depression in the top ot cap C.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent as an improvement on the before-cited Letters Patent, is-

l. The notched spring-strip in combination with the double-shoulderedholding-pin, and loop or strap, substantially as shown and set forth.

2. The described combination of the lantern loop or strap, thespring-strip, the shouldered and screw-threaded holding-pin, and,A

the nut or knob to engage the screw-threaded end ot' the pin, for jointoperation, as shown and set forth.

In testimony whcreot` I have hereunto signed my name this 12th day ofJune, A. D. 1874.

JOHN J. MARCY.

Titnessesz F. A. TrsoHENDoRF, N. M. BEACH, Jr.

